Limit Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol is a known carcinogen to humans, meaning scientific studies have proven that it can cause cancer. In fact, alcohol is associated with an increased incidence of several types of cancers including:

mouth

pharynx (throat)

larynx (voice box)

esophagus

liver

breast

probably colon & rectum

If you choose to drink alcohol, you should limit your consumption to two drinks per day if you're a male, and one drink per day if you're a female.

A drink is defined as one of the following:

12 ounces of beer

5 ounces of wine

or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits

In addition, smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol increases the risk of some cancers even more than the effect of drinking or smoking alone.